2009 Press Releases
Press Release
March 15, 2009
Jerusalem
Training Center for Palestinian Authority Security Forces Opens in Jericho
JERICHO - In a ceremony at the Presidential Guard Training Center in Jericho, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) David Johnson formally opened the facility, built with $9.1 million of U.S. State Department/INL funds as a training center for Palestinian Authority security forces.
The camp, completed by Palestinian contractors over the course of the past 16 months, has a training capacity of 700 officers and enlisted men, including accommodations and dining facilities, waste water treatment, parade grounds, classrooms, and an obstacle course. The construction was overseen by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). The camp is the first of several construction projects to be built with INL funds in support of Palestinian Authority security forces in the West Bank.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Johnson praised the work of the Presidential Guard and the Palestinian Authority in developing a well-trained, professional force to advance the rule of law, which is of fundamental importance to Palestinians.
For more information please contact the U.S. Consulate’s Press Office at 02-622-6908 or 02-622-6909 or Assistant Information Officer Christina Higgins at 054-678-8501.
